Weber’s- Cheap stuff to do in Tulsa #1

In recognition of Valentine’s day, I’ve decided to start a series on cheap entertainment and fun to be had in Tulsa. As a student, I have devoted much time to discovering fun and inexpensive ways of having fun around town, and have had everyone from bosses to businessmen ask what there is to do here for cheap.These dates are based on things to do for two or more people for $10-15 or less.

Weber’s Root Beer

Weber’s makes incredible home-made root beer and claims to be the originator of the hamburger. It’s a drive-up hamburger stand at Peoria and 38th that’s somewhere between fast food and sit-down service. It’s the kind of place that you would imagine had its heyday in the 1960s with the constant patronage of high school students in letter jackets. They make it as you order it, the help may not be too friendly, and the food is cheap and good. I like to get the 89-cent miniature hamburgers or “sliders” as I’ve heard them called and split a gigantic pint of root beer. Perhaps the best thing about Webers is the coupons that you can print and bring with you.

Subs and monkeys

I spent yesterday in North Tulsa and made some really exciting finds. First of all, the Boy and I crossed off one of the top Things We Should Do in Tulsa: have lunch at Hero’s Subs and Burgers. It’s an old-style deli run by a family at Admiral and Sheridan. The lunch deals were pretty good. I got the gyros special, a large “authentic” gyro and a packet of fries bigger than I could eat. The Boy got the Hero Sub that was -seriously- over a foot long. The gyro was the best I’ve had in Tulsa. (This is no idle statement: I brake for Greek food.)

Afterwards, we headed over to Mohawk Park to find the Oxley Nature Center. The center was closed, but to our surprise the Zoo was open. The Tulsa Zoo is nestled in the Mohawk Park complex, a sort of catch-all parks and recreation area built by the city. The Boy and I wavered around the zoo entrance, until an employee told us that tickets were half off because it was under 32 degrees. Cool! We swanned in and found ourselves to be pretty much the only people wandering around inside. I enjoyed the zoo much more than I usually do going in the summer. The animals were more active, there were fewer kids running around and the trainers take the time to pull you over and point out the small prosimian dangling over your head. Unfortunately I didn’t think to take my camera, so no pictures. My favorite exhibits were the Rainforest pavillion and the seal diving tank. I thought the fish tank in the rainforest was amazing, but I wish that there had been labels of the very large and exotic fish.